Proverbs 13:19 · KJV
“The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but {it is} abomination to fools to depart from evil.”
— Proverbs 13:19
Poverty and shame {shall be to} him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}
Proverbs 13 — Context
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador {is} health. {a faithful...: Heb. an ambassador of faithfulness}
18Poverty and shame {shall be to} him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but {it is} abomination to fools to depart from evil.
20He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}
21Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but {when} the desire cometh, {it is} a tree of life.
Revelation 7:14-17
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Proverbs 29:27
An unjust man {is} an abomination to the just: and {he that is} upright in the way {is} abomination to the wicked.
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. {sure: or, steady}
Psalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright {is} to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Psalms 21:1-2
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
Song of Solomon 3:4
{It was} but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.